Laundromats Quotes

• The first time I met Patti Smith was in a laundromat. We knew some of the same people, including Richard Hell.

  Tom Verlaine

  People, Firsts, Hell

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• If you will die for me, I will die for you and our graves will be like two lovers washing their clothes together in a laundromat If you will bring the soap I will bring the bleach.

  Richard Brautigan

  Two, Clothes, Together

  Richard Brautigan, “Romeo And Juliet”

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• I have detected disturbances in the wash.' 'The wash?' 'The space-time wash.' 'Are we talking about some sort of Vogon laundromat, or what are we talking about?' 'Eddies in the space-time continuum.' 'Ah...is he. Is he.' 'What?' 'Er, who is Eddy, then, exactly?

  Douglas Adams

  Talking, Space, Disturbance

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• It's funny how certain objects convey a message - my washer and dryer, for example. They can't speak, of course, but whenever I pass them they remind me that I'm doing fairly well. "No more laundromat for you," they hum. My stove, a downer, tells me every day that I can't cook, and before I can defend myself my scale jumps in, shouting from the bathroom, "Well, he must be doing _something - _my numbers is off the charts." The skeleton has a much more limited vocabulary, and says only one thing: "You are going to die."

  David Sedaris

  Vocabulary, Skeletons, Numbers

  "Memento Mori". www.newyorker.com. May 8, 2006.

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• History is the heavy traffic that prevents us from crossing the road. We're not especially interested in what it consists of. We wait, more or less patiently, for it to pause, so that we can get to the liquor store or the laundromat or the burger bar.

  Mal Peet

  Waiting, Liquor Stores, Bars

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• Hey G-Town Gal: turn your underwear inside out! Then u only have to do laundry every 2 weeks—saves on detergent & trips to Laundromat!

  Patricia Heaton

  Underwear, Hey, Towns

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• You asked me if I believed in magic, and I said yes, and that's how. You just step out, start pulling your life out of the air. You make friends, you find work you really like doing, you find places. You find diners and Laundromats. You find beaches. You find a junk car and drive it for a month, then lave it beside the road. You find someone to fall in love with you. You make it all up as you go. Or, you know, maybe it makes you up.

  Brad Barkley

  Beach, Falling In Love, Love You

  Brad Barkley, Heather Hepler (2007). “Dream Factory”, p.66, Penguin

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• I want to keep going as I have, to travel, read, perform, write, and enjoy my family. I've promised myself only this: no more Laundromats, no more two-shows-a-night, and no more deadlines. I'll work at my own pace.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Writing, Night, Two

  "Writing away again in Margaritaville". Interview with Tom Corcoran, bookpage.com. June, 1998.

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• before one actually visits them, everyone tends to think of their favorite countries as one grand Disneyland filled with national monuments and historical treasures conveniently laid out for easy viewing, when what they really are filled with, of course, is people going to work, laundromats and places to buy rat poison.

  Bette Midler

  Country, Travel, Thinking

  Bette Midler (2014). “A View from A Broad”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• If you can dress as a stormtrooper and go to a laundromat, or wear a sexy cheese gown in public, you might start to find "normal" social interactions a little less daunting.

  Misha Collins

  Sexy, Littles, Might

  Interview with Gina Murdock, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I will say it's great - that Method Man - Cliff Smith - plays a rapper in a laundromat who is working out some lyrics sort of to the rhythm of a washing machine. And something about hip-hop culture and hip-hop is the ability to use current language and slang and reference details of life is very, very strong for me.

  Jim Jarmusch

  Strong, Men, Rapper

  Source: www.npr.org

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• America has been very open to immigrants in terms of laws, getting loans - it has been helping immigrants more than it's been helping African Americans in starting a small business. That's key, whether you're starting a restaurant or a laundromat.

  Marcus Samuelsson

  Keys, Law, America

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• I'm blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived. I saw it all growing up.

  Rod Blagojevich

  Growing Up, Father, Shoes

  “The Notorious Blago” by Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January 11, 2010.

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• My friends drink everywhere. They even drink at the laundromat. I tried drinking at the laundromat, and I thought I was in a submarine, navigating the Sea of White Panties with my Spanish-speaking crew. I was like, "Mrs. Sanchez, set the coordinates to Permanent Press! Give me some quarters and another drink! This place is starting to look like a laundromat."

  Mike Birbiglia

  Funny, Drinking, Humor

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